Known for Acting
Nationwide quietness. The streets are empty. Everyone’s glued to their screens at home, watching the final game. In the outskirts of Denmark, close to the German border, a small gas station needs to be open for service, even on this special night. Two young women have the shift. Ambitious Agnes is in the backroom putting finishing touches on her thesis, while free-spirited Belinda is on her phone, hoping to get the attention of her boyfriend. Unfortunately, the shift is not going to be as uneventful as they think, because no customers also means no witnesses, and the girls have been spotted to play a special part in a very different sort of game.
The lives of Erik and Anna, students at a nursing school in 1950s Denmark, a time and place where it was not normal for a man to become a nurse.
A TV crew follows self-taught actor Anders Torgaard, who has moved from Herning to Copenhagen in pursuit of his big break as an actor. His girlfriend Liv is finding it difficult to maintain her enthusiasm for Anders' career, and she is most concerned about the couple's finances. But Anders believes in a life as a recognized actor, especially now that he is going to audition for a feature film.
